observe #
The observe
tactic is mainly intended for demo/educational purposes.
Calling observe hp : p
is equivalent to have hp : p, { library_search }
.
observe hp : p
asserts the proposition p
, and tries to prove it using library_search
.
If no proof is found, the tactic fails.
In other words, this tactic is equivalent to have hp : p, { library_search }
.
If hp
is omitted, then the placeholder this
is used.
The variant observe? hp : p
will emit a trace message of the form have hp : p := proof_term
.
This may be particularly useful to speed up proofs.